@ Michelle — I did that Cuban mojo stuff after you posted about it last year. It’s pretty wonderful.

@ Vera — Can’t live in the orbit of Memphis as long as I have and not be chauvinistic about barbecue! Actually, the only NC vinegar sauce I ever had was at some restaurant in Durham that’s supposed to be all that and a bag o’ chips, and I was not impressed. It’s much like the sauce we baste with for Memphis ‘cue, but we switch to a tomato/pepper based “table” sauce for serving. All what you’re used to, I guess….

@Kay: i’m a 15 year NC transplant (in Durham, actually…lol) and am truthfully not such a barbecue fanatic. that shreddy chopped stuff just doesnt excite me the way its supposed to (pulled, maybe)… but I am a lover of things savory and vinegary, so…;)

@Michelle, while I agree that pulled pork and puppies are a perfect vacation combination, I just returned from 2 weeks of eating my way through 18 states. Pretty close to perfect! I think we ate every possible type of food. No puppies, but there were bison, mule deer and mules. Puppies would have made it perfect, though.